Teja Sajja

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Teja Sajja
Born (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 29) [1]
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1998–2006
2019–present

Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1994) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. [2] He began his career as a child actor in Choodalani Vundi (1998) leading up to Boss (2006). As an adult, Sajja had a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). He has since played the lead roles in films such as Zombie Reddy (2021) and Hanu-Man (2024). Hanu-Man is the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, highest-grossing Telugu film of 2024 and eighth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide. [3]

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Early life

Sajja Teja was born on 23 August 1995 in a Telugu-Hindu family. [4] [1] [5] He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Sajja entered the Telugu film industry at a very young age as a child artist and acted in many successful films, of which, most were produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies.

Career

Sajja made his debut at the age of two in Choodalani Vundi (1998) and acted in over 20 films alongside leading actors in Telugu cinema. [6] These include Kalisundam Raa (2000), Yuvaraju (2000), Indra (2002), Tagore (2003), Gangotri (2003), Vasantam (2003), Samba (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Balu (2005) with actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan. [7] [8] [9] [10] Sajja then made a comeback and played a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). [11]

His made debut in a lead role in Zombie Reddy (2021). [12] The film is the first zombie film in Telugu cinema and received positive reviews from critics. [13] He also starred in Ishq: Not a Love Story alonside Priya Prakash Varrier which got mixed reviews. He completed his first sci-fi romantic film named Adbhutham alongside Shivani Rajashekar, which was released on Disney+ Hotstar the same year. [14] [15] [16] He next worked in the Prasanth Varma's superhero film Hanu-Man (2024). [17] . He will be next seen in another superhero film titled Mirai, which is scheduled to release in April 2025. [18]

Filmography

Child Artist
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998 Choodalani Vundi Rama Krishna's son
1999 Raja Kumarudu Vengalla Rayudu
2000 Kalisundam Raa Sandeep
Yuvaraju Teja
Bachi Habibi
2001 Deevinchandi Siva's son
Prema Sandadi Siddu Sidhartha Roy
Akasa Veedhilo Ram and Lakshman
2002 Indra Young Indrasena Reddy
2003 Gangotri Young Simhadri
Ottesi Cheputunna Young Surya
Vasantam Young AshokBilingual film
Priyamaana Thozhi Tamil film
Tagore Tagore's adopted son
2004 Adavi Ramudu Young Ramudu
Samba Chinna
2005 Balu Cherry
Naa Alludu Young Chandram / Young SuryamDual role
Andarivaadu Govinda "Govindu" Raju Jr.
Chatrapathi Young Ashok
2006 Sri Ramadasu Raghunathudu
Astram Teja
Boss Young GK
Lead Actor
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Oh! Baby Rama Krishna “Rocky”Debut in a Supporting Role
2021 Zombie Reddy Marripalem "Mario" Obul ReddyDebut as Lead Actor; SIIMA Most Promising Newcomer – Male
Ishq Siddharth "Siddhu"
Adbhutham Surya
2024 Hanu-Man Hanumanthu
2025Mirai†MiraiFilming [19]
Jai Hanuman†Hanumanthusequel of Hanu-Man; Filming

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